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The '''United Nations''' ('''UN''') is an international [[Earth]]-based organization,<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''Timeline'']</ref> and the predecessor of the [[UNSC]] and the [[Unified Earth Government]] | The '''United Nations''' ('''UN''') is an international [[Earth]]-based organization,<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''Timeline'']</ref> and the predecessor of the [[UNSC]] and the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="HSP">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html '''Halo Story Page''': ''Frank O'Connor/Robt McLees Interview - August 2008'']</ref> By the 26th century, the UN has been absorbed into a branch of the UEG and has become a largely vestigial entity, acting as a local administrative body among the [[national government]]s of Earth.<ref name="CatalogUN">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Query Answer: Human records indicate that the assembly (ref: United Nations) is a vestigial organization responsible for adjudication of administrative tasks between territorial sectors on Erde-Tyrene.'']</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The UN's attempts to maintain peace ultimately failed as various dissident factions arose in the colonies, resulting in several conflicts in the 2160s. These battles across Sol's offworld colonies culminated in the [[Interplanetary War]] of [[2164]] - [[2170]]. With an approach echoing the policies of the [[United States]] in the early 21st century,<ref name="enc42"/> the United Nations took charge of Earth's national governments as well as their disparate military forces, uniting them under the common banner of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in [[2163]].<ref name="enc42"/> Following the war in 2170, the United Nations formally established the Unified Earth Government as humanity's combined governing entity from then on, while the UNSC became a preeminent military body for Earth's "empire".<ref name="ueg email"/> | The UN's attempts to maintain peace ultimately failed as various dissident factions arose in the colonies, resulting in several conflicts in the 2160s. These battles across Sol's offworld colonies culminated in the [[Interplanetary War]] of [[2164]] - [[2170]]. With an approach echoing the policies of the [[United States]] in the early 21st century,<ref name="enc42"/> the United Nations took charge of Earth's national governments as well as their disparate military forces, uniting them under the common banner of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in [[2163]].<ref name="enc42"/> Following the war in 2170, the United Nations formally established the Unified Earth Government as humanity's combined governing entity from then on, while the UNSC became a preeminent military body for Earth's "empire".<ref name="ueg email"/> | ||
By the 26th century, the UN had become greatly diminished from its height in the mid-22nd century. Its function had been relegated to overseeing administrative tasks on Earth, essentially a role similar to that for which it was originally created, with supreme power over the human race at large at the hands of the UEG.<ref name="CatalogUN"/> After the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the UNSC gained ultimate control of the UEG and its branches, including the UN, as humanity's [[emergency military]] government.<ref name="HSP"/> The UNSC returned power back to the civilian government on [[2553|January 8, 2553]].<ref name="CatalogUEG">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction (Query Answer: Human records indicate transition to noncombatant administrative control <nowiki>[ref: UEG] [January 8, 2553]. No notable adjustment in military [bureaucratic tactical]</nowiki> behavior and scope of authority.)'']</ref> | |||
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